Archive for May 2018 - page 2

AIR FREIGHT Trade Compliance Software for Airlines source: aircargonews.net Airlines handling millions of shipments every year have to negotiate a complex web of global security rules, to make sure the goods they transport do not fall foul of trade compliance […]

AIR FREIGHT Chinese Flight Diverts After Cockpit Window Failure source: news.airwise.com A Sichuan Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing on Monday after a cockpit window cracked and blew out of the plane. Read more here. OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Canadian […]

AIR FREIGHT Latin recovery fails to save Viracopos airport as operator files for bankruptcy source: theloadstar.co.uk Air cargo in Latin America has been on the rebound, but the renewed momentum has not lifted the fortunes of Brazil’s second-largest gateway enough […]

AIR FREIGHT PHOTOBLOG: The big bird Antonov-225 flies into Leipzig source: theloadstar.co.uk This week the mighty AN-225 Mriya came to Leipzig-Halle Airport. Designed by Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s, it is the heaviest aircraft ever built, with the largest […]

AIR FREIGHT Air France Gets Time To Negotiate As Strike Costs Mount source: news.airwise.com Air France looks like having a little bit of clear air, with unions deciding not to name further strike days at present, in a dispute the […]

AIR FREIGHT Proposed ban on night flights at Heathrow not right move: IATA source: shippingazette.com A PROPOSAL by the Airports Commission to impose a six and a half hour total ban on flights at London Heathrow airport has met with […]

AIR FREIGHT Airfreight KPIs set to feature in business contracts source: aircargonews.net Air cargo’s emerging key performance indicators (KPIs) look set to become a feature of future contracts between airfreight stakeholders. Ground handlers, general sales agents (GSA) and freight forwarders […]

AIR FREIGHT Frankfurt Airport handlers tackle truck congestion source: lloydloadinglist.com Two of Frankfurt Airport’s major cargo handlers, Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) and LUG aircargo handling, are pioneering the compulsory use of a truck loading bay slot-booking system at their respective […]

AIR FREIGHT Delivery of air cargo screening rules on horizon source : americanshipper.com U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is anticipated to release an interim final rule setting forth mandatory Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) requirements within the next six […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Southwest Flight Diverted After Cabin Window Cracks source: news.airwise.com A Southwest Airlines flight to Newark was diverted to Cleveland on Wednesday because of a crack in one of the aircraft’s windows. Read more here. OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES […]